Systems for controlling vehicles and vehicles

ABSTRACT

The present disclosure provides a system for control a vehicle and a vehicle. The system includes: a control module configured to electrically connect to a control bus of a vehicle, the control module including: one or more storage media storing one or more sets of instructions for controlling a vehicle; and one or more processors, during operation, to execute the one or more sets of instructions to: receive a bus signal from the control bus, query a type of a control signal according to the bus signal, and convert-to-analog a control output signal for the vehicle according to a result of the query to control a driving state of the vehicle.

RELATED APPLICATIONS

The present patent document is a continuation of PCT Application SerialNo. PCT/CN2019/080144, filed on Mar. 28, 2019, designating the UnitedStates and published in Chinese, content of which is herein incorporatedby reference in its entirety.

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BACKGROUND 1. Technical Field

The present disclosure relates to the field of automated driving, and inparticular, to systems for controlling vehicles and vehicles.

2. Background Information

Currently, an automated driving system of a vehicle requires anadditional control system in addition to a control network of thevehicle. However, a communication protocol of the control network of thevehicle is confidential before its delivery. Therefore, if theadditional control system needs to be connected to the control network,the communication protocol needs to be decrypted. However, thedecryption process is quite resource-intensive. In addition, a faultcode would easily occur in the decryption process, that is, the controlnetwork cannot be accurately decrypted. In this case, there is often anerror in information exchange between the additional control system andthe control network of the vehicle, resulting in lower safety during theautomatically operated driving of the vehicle.

BRIEF SUMMARY

This summary is provided to introduce a selection of implementations ina simplified form that are further described below. This summary is notintended to identify all features of the claimed subject matter, nor isit intended to be used alone as an aid in determining the scope of theclaimed subject matter.

In order to solve the aforementioned technical problems, a system forcontrolling a vehicle with simple operation and high safety is provided.

A first aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure provides asystem for controlling a vehicle. The system comprises: a control moduleconfigured to electrically connect to a control bus of a vehicle, thecontrol module including: one or more storage media storing one or moresets of instructions for controlling a vehicle; and one or moreprocessors, during operation, to execute the one or more sets ofinstructions to: receive a bus signal from the control bus, query a typeof a control signal according to the bus signal, and convert-to-analog acontrol output signal for the vehicle according to a result of the queryto control a driving state of the vehicle.

A second aspect of embodiments of the present disclosure provides avehicle comprising the system according to the first aspect.

Compared with the conventional techniques, when the system forcontrolling a vehicle of the present invention executes the automaticoperation driving mode, the control of each functional module of thevehicle can be done without the need to decode and analyze theinformation protocol in the vehicle's own operating system at all, suchthat the execution unit of the vehicle can perform the driving operationaccurately, which simplifies the complexity of the automatic operationof the vehicle. At the same time, the vehicle control system in thisapplication performs control based on the original control signal in thevehicle, thereby ensuring the accuracy and safety of vehicle control.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

To describe the technical solutions in embodiments of the presentdisclosure more clearly, the following briefly describes theaccompanying drawings that need to be used in the embodiments.Apparently, the accompanying drawings in the following description showmerely some embodiments of the present disclosure, and a person ofordinary skill in the art may derive other drawings from theseaccompanying drawings without creative efforts.

FIG. 1 is a circuit structure diagram of a system for control a vehicleaccording to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 2 is a waveform diagram of each of a first sensing differentialsignal and a second sensing differential signal according to exemplaryembodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 3 is a schematic diagram of a circuit structure of a power supplyunit, a second switch unit, and a second execution module shown in FIG.1;

FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a conventional gear shifting strategyaccording to exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure;

FIG. 5 is a function block diagram of a vehicle including a system forcontrol a vehicle according to exemplary embodiments of the presentdisclosure;

FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a gearbox in a firstexecution unit according to exemplary embodiments of the presentdisclosure; and

FIG. 7 is a schematic structural diagram of a connection between an oilpump and a hydraulic coupler in a first execution unit according toexemplary embodiments of the present disclosure.

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The following clearly describes the technical solutions in theembodiments of the present disclosure with reference to the accompanyingdrawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. The describedembodiments are merely some but not all of the embodiments of thepresent disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by persons ofordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the presentdisclosure without creative efforts shall fall within the protectionscope of the present disclosure.

It should be noted that, when a component is described as “fixed” toanother component, the component may be directly located on anothercomponent, or an intermediate component may exist therebetween. When acomponent is considered as “connected” to another component, thecomponent may be directly connected to another element, or anintermediate element may exist therebetween.

Unless otherwise defined, meanings of all technical and scientific termsused in this specification are the same as those generally understood bypersons skilled in the art of the present disclosure. The terms used inthis specification of the present disclosure herein are used only todescribe specific embodiments, and not intended to limit the presentdisclosure. The term “and/or” used in this specification includes any orall possible combinations of one or more associated listed items.

The following describes in detail some implementations of the presentdisclosure with reference to the accompanying drawings. Under acondition that no conflict occurs, the following embodiments andfeatures in the embodiments may be mutually combined.

The terminology used herein is for the purpose of describing particularexemplary embodiments only and is not intended to be limiting. When usedin this disclosure, the terms “comprise”, “comprising”, “include” and/or“including” refer to the presence of stated features, integers, steps,operations, elements, and/or components, but do not preclude thepresence or addition of one or more other features, integers, steps,operations, elements, components, and/or groups thereof. As used in thisdisclosure, the term “A on B” means that A is directly adjacent to B(from above or below), and may also mean that A is indirectly adjacentto B (i.e., there is some element between A and B); the term “A in B”means that A is all in B, or it may also mean that A is partially in B.

In view of the following description, these and other features of thepresent disclosure, as well as operations and functions of relatedelements of the structure, and the economic efficiency of thecombination and manufacture of the components, may be significantlyimproved. All of these form part of the present disclosure withreference to the drawings. However, it should be clearly understood thatthe drawings are only for the purpose of illustration and description,and are not intended to limit the scope of the present disclosure. It isalso understood that the drawings are not drawn to scale.

In some exemplary embodiments, numbers expressing quantities orproperties used to describe or define the embodiments of the presentdisclosure should be understood as being modified by the terms “about”,“generally”, “approximate,” or “substantially” in some instances. Forexample, “about”, “generally”, “approximately” or “substantially” maymean a ±20% change in the described value unless otherwise stated.Accordingly, in some exemplary embodiments, the numerical parameters setforth in the written description and the appended claims areapproximations, which may vary depending upon the desired propertiessought to be obtained in a particular embodiment. In some exemplaryembodiments, numerical parameters should be interpreted in accordancewith the value of the parameters and by applying ordinary roundingtechniques. Although a number of embodiments of the present disclosureprovide a broad range of numerical ranges and parameters that areapproximations, the values in the specific examples are as accurate aspossible.

Each of the patents, patent applications, patent applicationpublications, and other materials, such as articles, books,instructions, publications, documents, products, etc., cited herein arehereby incorporated by reference, which are applicable to all contentsused for all purposes, except for any history of prosecution documentsassociated therewith, or any identical prosecution document history,which may be inconsistent or conflicting with this document, or any suchsubject matter that may have a restrictive effect on the broadest scopeof the claims associated with this document now or later. For example,if there is any inconsistent or conflicting in descriptions,definitions, and/or use of a term associated with this document anddescriptions, definitions, and/or use of the term associated with anymaterials, the term in this document shall prevail.

It should be understood that the embodiments of the applicationdisclosed herein are merely described to illustrate the principles ofthe embodiments of the application. Other modified embodiments are alsowithin the scope of this application. Therefore, the embodimentsdisclosed herein are by way of example only and not limitations. Thoseskilled in the art may adopt alternative configurations to implement thetechnical solution in this application in accordance with theembodiments of the present disclosure. Therefore, the embodiments of thepresent disclosure are not limited to those embodiments that have beenprecisely described in this disclosure.

The technical solutions in the embodiments of the present disclosure areclearly and completely described below with reference to theaccompanying drawings in the embodiments of the present disclosure. Thedescribed embodiments are merely some rather than all of the embodimentsof the present disclosure. All other embodiments obtained by a person ofordinary skill in the art based on the embodiments of the presentdisclosure without creative efforts fall within the protection scope ofthe present disclosure.

Exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure disclose a system forcontrol a vehicle. The system for control a vehicle may also be appliedto a vehicle or other transportations.

The system for control a vehicle may include a control module that is toelectrically connect to a control bus of the vehicle and configured toreceive a bus signal from the control bus. The control module mayinclude one or more storage media storing one or more sets ofinstructions for controlling the vehicle, and one or more processors.The one or more processors may be configured to: query a type of the bussignal according to the bus signal, and convert-to-analog a controloutput signal for the vehicle according to a result of the query, tocontrol the vehicle to be operated by a driver or in an automateddriving mode.

In some exemplary embodiments, the control module may be ageneral-purpose computer or a special purpose computer, both may be usedto implement an on-demand system for the present disclosure. The controlmodule may be used to implement any component of the on-demand serviceas described herein. Although only one such computer is shown, forconvenience, the computer functions relating to the on-demand service asdescribed herein may be implemented in a distributed fashion on a numberof similar platforms, to distribute the processing load.

The control module, for example, may include COM ports connected to andfrom a network connected thereto to facilitate data communications. Thecontrol module may also include a central processing unit (CPU), in theform of one or more processors, for executing program instructions. Theexemplary computer platform may include an internal communication bus,program storage and data storage of different forms, for example, adisk, and a read-only memory (ROM), or random-access memory (RAM), forvarious data files to be processed and/or transmitted by the computer.The exemplary computer platform may also include program instructionsstored in the ROM, RAM, and/or other types of non-transitory storagemedium to be executed by the CPU. The methods and/or processes of thepresent disclosure may be implemented as the program instructions. Thecontrol module also includes an I/O component, supporting input/outputbetween the computer and other components therein such as user interfaceelements. The control module may also receive programming and data vianetwork communications.

Merely for illustration, only one CPU and/or processor is described inthe control module. However, it should be note that the control modulein the present disclosure may also include multiple CPUs and/orprocessors, thus operations and/or method steps that are performed byone CPU and/or processor as described in the present disclosure may alsobe jointly or separately performed by the multiple CPUs and/orprocessors. For example, if in the present disclosure the CPU and/orprocessor of the control module executes both step A and step B, itshould be understood that step A and step B may also be performed by twodifferent CPUs and/or processors jointly or separately in the controlmodule (e.g., the first processor executes step A and the secondprocessor executes step B, or the first and second processors jointlyexecute steps A and B).

In some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the controllingof a driving state of the vehicle may include: converting-to-analog asignal of the type corresponding to the result of the query, andoutputting the signal to a corresponding execution unit.

In some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, theconverting-to-analog of the signal of the type corresponding to theresult of the query may include: converting-to-analog the signal of thetype corresponding to the result of the query so that the signal has asame waveform, voltage amplitude, and frequency as a control signalobtained during the query.

In some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the controlsignal may include a transmitted vehicle sensor signal and/or a vehiclestatus signal.

In some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the bus signalis used for representing whether the vehicle is operated by the driveror in the automated driving mode, and the control bus for transmittingthe control signal may include a status signal bus electricallyconnected to a vehicle alert module and/or a sensor bus electricallyconnected to a sensor unit.

In some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the controlmodule may prestore a plurality of control signals for representing thatthe vehicle is in different driving states.

FIG. 1 is a circuit structure diagram of a system 100 for controlling avehicle according to an embodiment of the present disclosure.

As shown in FIG. 1, the system 100 for controlling a vehicle may includea control module 10, a first subsystem 101, and a second subsystem 102.The first subsystem 101 and the second subsystem 102 may be electricallyconnected to the control module 10 separately. Each of the firstsubsystem 101 and the second subsystem 102 may obtain a different typeof sensor signal or status signal according to the control signal. Insome exemplary embodiments, the first subsystem 101 may be configured toobtain a sensor signal collected by a sensing module through sensing,and the second subsystem 102 may be configured to obtain a signal forcontrolling the vehicle to perform an alert operation.

A control bus CC may be configured to transmit a mode signal that isprovided by a master control system (not shown) and used forrepresenting that a vehicle needs to be in an automatically operateddriving mode or a manually operated driving mode. In some exemplaryembodiments, the vehicle control bus may be a controller area network(CAN) bus. The CAN bus may be a type of bus that encrypts transmitteddata. Therefore, an external system usually needs to decipher atransmitted signal in the CAN bus, and then controls an executionmechanism of the vehicle according to information obtained through thedeciphering. However, for different manufacturers and different types ofvehicles, the bus may be encrypted in different manners. The use of thedeciphering manner increases software costs. In addition, decipheringmay generate a fault code and cause a packet loss, which may easilycause loss of a transmission instruction of the bus or returning of thefault code, resulting in an execution failure.

The first subsystem 101 may include a sensor unit 12, an execution unit13, a first switch unit 14, and an analog unit 15. Corresponding to thefirst subsystem 101, the control module 10 may include an analog controlprocessor 11.

The analog control processor 11 may be electrically connected to thecontrol bus CC of the vehicle, the analog unit 15, and the first switchunit 14. The sensor unit 12 and the analog unit 15 may be electricallyconnected to the execution unit 13 through the first switch unit 14.Under the control of the analog control processor 11 according to themode signal, the first switch unit 14 may cause the sensor unit 12 to beelectrically connected to the execution unit 13 or cause the analog unit15 to be electrically connected to the execution unit 13. The signaltransmitted by the control bus CC of the vehicle may be directlyinputted to the sensor unit 12 through transparent transmission orpass-through. Transparent transmission means that to-be-transmittedservice content will only be transmitted from a source address to adestination address without any change to data of the service contentand regardless of how the service content in communication is. In thiscase, a sensor is responsible only for receiving a control signal fromthe control bus of the vehicle, and does not need to decipher thesignal, thereby avoiding a packet loss and a large number of faultcodes. By collecting the signal of the control bus CC of the vehicle, ananalog signal waveform(s) output by the control bus CC may be obtained,and each of the analog signal waveform(s) may correspond to a differenttype of control signal. The type of the control signal may be determinedby the waveform and an amplitude value of the analog signal. Forexample, a signal output by a steering wheel is a continuous analogdifferential signal, and an amplitude value of this signal is related toa trigonometric function value of a rudder angle of the steering wheel.For another example, a signal output by a throttle is a continuousanalog differential signal, and an amplitude value of this signal isrelated to a stroke function of a throttle pedal. For another example, asignal output by a brake is also a continuous analog differentialsignal, and an amplitude value of this signal is related to a strokefunction of the brake. In some exemplary embodiments, amplitude valuesof output signals of different vehicles may be different. For example, arelationship between a direction angle and an output voltage of anA-type vehicle may be expressed by using the following formula:

V _(A) =a*f(bθ+c)+d

where f(θ) is a trigonometric function related to an angle θ, and a, b,c, and d are correction coefficients of the function. The correctioncoefficients may be used to correct output voltages of different typesof vehicles.

For different types of vehicles, a correspondence between the rudderangle and the output voltage may be collected in advance to obtainspecific correction values of a, b, c, and d. As shown in FIG. 1, thesensor unit 12 may include at least one first sensor 121, which may beconfigured to sense one of driving states of the vehicle and output afirst sensing signal. In some exemplary embodiments, the first sensor121 may be a throttle position sensor, which may be configured to sensea throttle pedal stroke distance. The first sensing signal may beconfigured to represent a fuel amount and a vehicle speed that need tobe provided currently.

In some exemplary embodiments, the first sensing signal may include afirst sensing differential signal and a second sensing differentialsignal. In some exemplary embodiments, both the first sensingdifferential signal and the second sensing differential signal may bedifferential voltage signals, and a second voltage range of the secondsensing differential signal may be greater than and/or includes a firstvoltage range of the first sensing differential signal.

FIG. 2 is a waveform diagram of each of the first sensing differentialsignal and the second sensing differential signal. The first sensingdifferential signal and the second sensing differential signal each mayhave different voltage ranges. For example, the first voltage range maybe 0.4 V to 1.8 V, and the second voltage range may be 0.8 V to 3.6 V.The sensor unit 12 shown in FIG. 1 may obtain both the first sensingdifferential signal and the second sensing differential signal, anddetermine, according to amplitude values and waveforms of the firstsensing differential signal and the second sensing differential signal,the control signal transmitted by the control bus CC.

Still referring to FIG. 1, the analog control processor 11 may query,according to the mode signal provided by the control bus CC of thevehicle, signals corresponding to different types of signal buses. Insome exemplary embodiments, the analog control processor 11 may query afirst sensing signal in sensor-type signals, and outputs a referencesignal to the analog unit 15 according to the result of the query. Theanalog unit 15 may convert-to-analog the first sensing signal accordingto the reference signal to output a first analog signal. The firstanalog signal may have a same changing curve as the sensing signal.

In some exemplary embodiments, the analog control processor 11 may queryan entire first sensing signal formed by the two differential signals,i.e., the first sensing differential signal and the second sensingdifferential signal, and obtain, by querying a prestored signalwaveform, a signal type shown by the first sensing signal.

In some exemplary embodiments, the analog control processor 11 mayinclude a storage unit 111, a signal generation unit 112, a processingunit 113, and a first analog-to-digital conversion unit 114. The storageunit 111 may store a sensor signal list including a plurality of firstsensing signals. The plurality of first sensing signals may be sensorsignals prestored according to a plurality of states of the throttlepedal stroke that are collected in advance by the first sensor 121.

The processing unit 113 may be electrically connected to the storageunit 111 and the signal generation unit 112 separately. The processingunit 113 may receive the mode signal, and output a correspondingselection signal to the first switch unit 14 according to the modesignal. The mode signal may be configured to represent that the vehiclecurrently needs to be in the automatically operated driving mode or themanually operated driving mode. In addition, the mode signal may beprovided by a corresponding person outside the vehicle, or may beprovided by a corresponding function module triggered by detection andrecognition by a sensor module corresponding to the vehicle. In someexemplary embodiments, when the mode signal is at a high level, itrepresents the automatically operated driving mode, and when the modesignal is at a low level, it represents the manually operated drivingmode.

After the mode signal controls the vehicle to enter the automaticallyoperated driving mode, the processing unit 113 may no longer becontrolled by the transparently transmitted signal of the vehiclecontrol bus CC, but instead, be controlled by a control signal of adriving system. The control signal of the driving system may bepartially from the control bus CC of the vehicle. In addition, thecontrol signal of the driving system may be from a vehicle sensor, or alogical processor that generates a vehicle control signal according tothe vehicle sensor. According to a type of a received signal, theprocessing unit 113 searches the sensor signal list for the firstsensing signal corresponding to the type of the received signal, andconvert-to-analog the first sensing signal to generate the first analogsignal. The first analog signal controls the first execution unit 13 toperform a corresponding operation. In other words, the processing unit113 controls, according to the first sensing signal obtained through thequery, the signal generation unit 112 to output a correspondingreference signal. Further, the analog unit 15 may convert-to-analog thefirst sensing signal according to the reference signal to generate thefirst analog signal.

The first analog signal may include a first analog differential signaland a second analog differential signal. In some exemplary embodiments,both the first analog differential signal and the second analogdifferential signal may be differential voltage signals. The firstanalog differential signal may correspond to the first sensingdifferential signal, and the second analog differential signal maycorrespond to the second sensing differential signal. The first andsecond analog differential signals may be input to an execution unit tocontrol the vehicle. The execution unit may include various differenttypes of executors, capable of controlling a rudder angle of a turningdirection of the vehicle, controlling a gear of the vehicle, controllingthe throttle and an engine speed of the vehicle, and the like.

The first analog signal may include a first analog differential signaland a second analog differential signal. The first analog differentialsignal may have a same changing curve as the first sensing differentialsignal. The second analog differential signal may have a same changingcurve as the second sensing differential signal. Having a same changingcurve may include having a same waveform, voltage amplitude, andfrequency.

When the mode signal represents that the vehicle currently needs to bein the manually operated driving mode, the processing unit 113 maycontrol the first sensing signal that is correspondingly obtained by thesensor unit 12 through sensing according to a driver operation to bedirectly output to the first execution unit 13.

In some exemplary embodiments, the signal generation unit 112 may be apulse width modulation (PWM) signal circuit, and a reference signaloutput by the circuit may be a pulse width modulation signal with acertain duty cycle. Corresponding first analog signals may be generatedin cooperation with the analog unit 15 by outputting, corresponding todifferent first sensing signals, pulse width modulation signals withdifferent duty cycles as reference signals.

The first analog-to-digital conversion unit 114 may be electricallyconnected to the first sensor 121, the first switch unit 14, and theprocessing unit 113.

In some exemplary embodiments, the first analog-to-digital conversionunit 114 may be electrically connected to two normally open inputcontacts of a relay in the first switch unit 14, to receive the firstanalog differential signal and the second analog differential signalthat are fed back, perform analog-to-digital conversion to convert thefirst analog differential signal and the second analog differentialsignal into digital signals, and provide the digital signals to theprocessing unit 113. The processing unit 113 may adjust the pulse widthmodulation signal according to the first analog differential signal andthe second analog differential signal that are fed back, so that each ofthe first analog differential signal and the second analog differentialsignal may be within a preset range.

Further, the first analog-to-digital conversion unit 114 may beelectrically connected to the first sensor 121, to receive the firstsensing differential signal and the second sensing differential signalthat are fed back, perform analog-to-digital conversion to convert thefirst sensing differential signal and the second sensing differentialsignal into digital signals, and provide the digital signals to theprocessing unit 113. The processing unit 113 may determine a state ofthe first driving module according to the digital version of the firstsensing differential signal and the second sensing differential signal,and perform an operation in the automatically operated driving mode orexits the automatically operated driving mode according to the state ofthe first driving module.

The analog unit 15 may include a voltage follower 151, an operationalamplifier 152, and an addition operator 153 that are sequentiallyelectrically connected.

The voltage follower 151 may be electrically connected between thesignal generation unit 112 and the operational amplifier 152, and may beconfigured to receive the reference signal, to further perform, beforethe operational amplification is performed on the pulse width modulationsignal, voltage following on the pulse width modulation signal so as toisolate the operational amplifier from interference.

The operational amplifier 152 may be electrically connected to thevoltage follower 151 and the addition operator 153 separately. Afterreceiving the pulse width modulation signal, the operational amplifier152 may perform the operational amplification on the received pulsewidth modulation signal, and then the pulse width modulation signal maybe converted into an analog voltage signal. The analog voltage signalmay have a first voltage range. The analog voltage signal may betransmitted to the first switch unit 14 as the first analog differentialsignal.

The addition operator 153 may be electrically connected to the firstswitch unit 14, and may be configured to perform an addition operationon the first analog differential signal according to a preset referencevoltage range to obtain a second voltage range as the second analogdifferential signal, and transmit the second analog differential signalto the second switch unit 12.

The first switch unit 14 is electrically connected to the analog unit15, the sensor unit 12, and the execution unit 13, and may be configuredto: according to a selection signal output by the analog controlprocessor 11, selectively electrically connect the analog unit 15 to theexecution unit 13 or electrically connect the sensor unit 12 to theexecution unit 13. The execution unit 13 may be configured for a drivingoperation of the vehicle. The sensor unit 12 and the analog unit 15 maynot be simultaneously electrically connected to the execution unit 13.

In some exemplary embodiments, the first switch unit 14 is a double-poledouble-throw relay (not shown), and the relay may include two normallyclosed input contacts L1 and L2, two normally open input contacts N1 andN2, and two output terminals O1 and O2.

The two normally closed input contacts L1 and L2 of the relay may beelectrically connected to the first sensor 121, to receive the firstsensing differential signal and the second sensing differential signalin the first sensing signal.

The two normally open input contacts N1 and N2 of the relay may berespectively electrically connected to the operational amplifier 152 andthe addition operator 153 in the analog unit 15, to receive the firstanalog differential signal and the second analog differential signal inthe first analog signal.

The analog control processor 11 controls the two output terminals O1 andO2 of the relay to be electrically connected to the execution unit 13,to selectively control the first sensing signal or the first analogsignal to the execution unit 13 according to the selection signal.

When the selection signal is at a high level, it represents that thevehicle is in the automatically operated driving mode, and under controlof the low level, the two normally open input contacts N1 and N2 and thetwo output terminals O1 and O2 of the relay may be electricallyconnected. In other words, when the analog unit 15 is electricallyconnected to the execution unit 13, the first sensing signal istransmitted to the execution unit 13 by using the relay, and theexecution unit 13 performs the corresponding driving operation accordingto the first sensing signal, for example, according to an operationperformed by the driver on the throttle pedal, increases a pedal forceon the throttle pedal to increase the vehicle speed or decreases thepedal force on the throttle pedal to decrease the vehicle speed.

When the selection signal is at a low level, it represents that thevehicle is in the manually operated driving mode and operated by thedriver, and under control of the low level, the two normally closedinput contacts L1 and L2 and the two output terminals O1 and O2 of therelay may be electrically connected. In other words, when the sensorunit 12 is electrically connected to the execution unit 13, itrepresents that the vehicle is in the automatically operated drivingmode, and the first analog signal is transmitted to the execution unit13 through the relay, and the execution unit 13 performs thecorresponding driving operation according to the first analog signal.For example, the execution unit 13, according to a current vehiclecondition and a road condition directly, automatically increases a pedalforce on the throttle pedal to increase the vehicle speed or decreasesthe pedal force on the throttle pedal to decrease the vehicle speed.

Since the control module 10 and the analog unit 15 may be connected tothe normally open input contacts of the relay, when the control module10 cannot correctly output the first analog signal because a signaltransmission exception or a power failure occurs in the control module10, it can be ensured that the sensor unit 12 of the normally closedinput contact of the relay can be reliably electrically connected to thefirst execution unit 13, thereby ensuring that the first sensing signalis reliably provided to the first execution unit 13 so that the firstexecution unit 13 correctly performs the corresponding operation andensures safe driving of the vehicle.

In a modified embodiment of the present disclosure, the first switchunit 14 is a multiway digital switch. The multiway digital switch mayinclude at least two groups of input ports and at least one group ofoutput ports. The two groups of input ports may not be simultaneouslyelectrically connected to the output port group. Each group of inputports may include two input ports. Each group of output ports mayinclude two output ports. Two input ports in one group may beelectrically connected to the first sensor, to receive the first sensingdifferential signal and the second sensing differential signal in thefirst sensing signal. Two input ports in another group may beelectrically connected to the analog control unit, to receive the firstanalog differential signal and the second analog differential signal inthe first analog signal.

The analog control processor 11 may control the two input ports to beconnected to the first execution unit 13, to selectively provide thefirst sensing signal or the first analog signal to the first executionunit 13.

In some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the firstsensor 121 may be a steering wheel sensor configured to sense theposition of a steering wheel when it turns, a brake sensor configured tosense the position of a brake during a braking stroke, a door locksensor configured to sense a door lock position, or a gear sensorconfigured to sense a gear position, so as to correspondingly output thefirst sensing signal.

The analog control processor 11 may be electrically connected to thevehicle control bus CC, and may be configured to obtain the bus signal.

A working process of the first subsystem 101 may be specifically asfollows.

When the mode signal is at the low level, it represents that currentlythe vehicle is in the manually operated driving mode. The processingunit 113 may output the selection signal to the first switch unit 14, tocontrol the two normally closed input contacts L1 and L2 and the twooutput terminals O1 and O2 thereof to be electrically connected, so thatthe sensor unit 12 is electrically connected to the first execution unit13. In other words, during the manual operation, the first sensingsignal obtained by the sensor unit 12 through sensing may be directlytransmitted to the first execution unit 13, to implement manuallyoperated driving of the vehicle.

When the mode signal is at the high level, it represents that currentlythe vehicle is in the automatically operated driving mode. Theprocessing unit 113 may output the selection signal to the first switchunit 14, to control the two normally open input contacts N1 and N2 andthe two output terminals O1 and O2 to be electrically connected, so thatthe analog unit 15 is electrically connected to the first execution unit13. In addition, the processing unit 113 may query the storage unit 111for a first sensing signal meeting a current road condition. The signalgeneration unit 112 may output a pulse width modulation signal with acorresponding duty cycle to the analog unit 15. Corresponding to thepulse width modulation signal, the analog unit 15 may obtain the firstanalog differential signal and the second sensing differential signal inthe first analog signal through isolation processing by the voltagefollower 151 and the amplification and addition operation by theoperational amplifier 152 and the addition operator 153.

The analog unit 15 may output the first analog signal to the firstexecution unit 13, so that the control module 10 automatically controlsthe first execution unit 13.

Further, the second subsystem 102 may include a voltage dividing circuit16, a voltage control circuit 17, a second switch unit 18, and a secondexecution unit 19, and a power supply unit PU. In addition, the analogcontrol processor 11 may further include a second analog-to-digitalconversion unit 116 and a first output unit 115. The voltage dividingcircuit 16 may be electrically connected between a status signal line CAand the second analog-to-digital conversion unit 116. The voltagecontrol circuit 17 may be electrically connected between the firstoutput unit 115 and the second switch unit 18. In addition, theprocessing unit 113 may be electrically connected to the first outputunit 115.

The power supply unit PU may be electrically connected to the secondswitch unit 18 and the second execution unit 19. In some exemplaryembodiments, the first output unit 115 may be an input/output pin GPIOof a chip.

The voltage dividing circuit 16 may be electrically connected to thestatus signal line CA, and may be configured to receive a status signaltransmitted by the status signal line CA, for example, a signal forcontrolling the vehicle to perform an alert operation. In some exemplaryembodiments, the status signal line CA may be a left turn signalharness. The voltage dividing circuit 16 may be configured to identify avoltage state of the status signal, that is, configured to identifywhether the status signal is currently at a high voltage or a lowvoltage, correspondingly output, according to the high voltage or thelow voltage of the status signal, an identification voltage signal thathas a same waveform and amplitude as the status signal, and transmit theidentification voltage signal to the second mode conversion unit 116. Inaddition, the storage unit 111 may further prestore the status signal.

The second analog-to-digital conversion unit 116 may performanalog-to-digital conversion to convert the identification voltagesignal into a digital signal, and output the digital signal through thefirst output port 115.

The voltage control circuit 17 is electrically connected to the firstoutput unit 115, and may be configured to receive the identificationvoltage signal and accordingly output a second control signal. In someexemplary embodiments, when the identification voltage signal is at thefirst voltage, a second control sub-signal in a first voltage state maybe output; and when the identification voltage signal is at the secondvoltage, a second control sub-signal in a second voltage state may beoutput.

In some exemplary embodiments, when the first voltage is at a highlevel, the first voltage state may be a high level, and when the secondvoltage is at a low level, the second voltage state may be a low level.

The second switch unit 18 may include a first connection terminal 181, asecond connection terminal 182, and a control terminal 183. The firstconnection terminal 181 and the second connection terminal 182 may beselectively electrically connected or electrically disconnectedaccording to a voltage of the control terminal 183. The first connectionterminal 181 may be electrically connected to the power supply unit PU,to receive a first driving voltage VDD. The second connection terminal182 may be electrically connected to the second execution unit 19. Thecontrol terminal 183 may be electrically connected to the voltagecontrol circuit 17 in the analog control unit 11.

In some exemplary embodiments, the second switch unit 18 may be asingle-pole single-throw relay. The first connection terminal 181 may bea normally open terminal of the relay. The second connection terminal182 may be an output terminal of the relay. The control terminal 183 maybe a power terminal of the relay. When the second control signal is at ahigh level, the relay may be powered to be in a closed state, and thefirst connection terminal 181 may be electrically connected to thesecond connection terminal 182. When the second control signal is at alow level, the relay may be powered to be in an off state, and the firstconnection terminal 181 may be electrically disconnected from the secondconnection terminal 182.

When the first connection terminal 181 is electrically connected to thesecond connection terminal 182, the first driving voltage VDD may betransmitted to the second execution module 19, and the second executionmodule 19 may perform a first alert operation, so that the vehicle is ina first alert state. When the first connection terminal 181 iselectrically disconnected from the second connection terminal 182, thetransmission of the first driving voltage VDD to the second executionmodule 19 may be stopped.

In some exemplary embodiments, the first alert operation may be a leftturn alert or a right turn alert of the vehicle, the first alert statemay be that a left turn signal is turned on or a right turn signal isturned on, and the second execution unit 19 may be the left turn signalor the right turn signal.

In some exemplary embodiments, referring to both FIG. 1 and FIG. 3, FIG.3 is a simplified schematic diagram of a circuit of the power supplyunit PU, the second switch unit 18, and the second execution module 19.

When the first connection terminal 181 is electrically connected to thesecond connection terminal 182, the first driving voltage VDD may betransmitted to the second execution module 19, and the second executionmodule 19 may be in an execution state of an alert operation, that is,the left turn signal may be turned on. When the second controlsub-signal is in the second voltage state, the first connection terminal181 may be electrically disconnected from the second connection terminal182, the transmission of the first driving voltage VDD to the secondexecution module 19 may be stopped, and the second execution module 19may be in an execution state of a non-alert operation, that is, the leftturn signal may be turned off. In some exemplary embodiments, the firstdriving voltage VDD may be 12 V.

In some exemplary embodiments, the first alert operation may be a doorlock control alert, an ignition switch control alert, an emergencyflasher control alert, a low beam headlamp alert, a width lamp alert, afront fog lamp alert, a rear fog lamp alert, or a high beam headlampalert. The first alert state may be that lock control, ignition switchcontrol, emergency flasher control, a low beam headlamp, a width lamp, afront fog lamp, a rear fog lamp, or a high beam headlamp is activated.Correspondingly, the second execution module may be a door lock, anignition switch, an emergency flasher, the low beam headlamp, the widthlamp, left and right turn signals, the front fog lamp, the rear foglamp, or the high beam headlamp.

In some exemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, the statussignal may also be a left or right lane changing signal. In this case,the second execution unit 19 automatically may perform a left or rightlane changing operation accordingly in the automatically operateddriving mode.

A working process of the second subsystem 102 In other embodimentsspecifically as follows.

When the mode signal is at the low level, it represents that currentlythe vehicle is in the manually operated driving mode. The voltagedividing circuit 16 may output an identification voltage signal whenidentifying that the status signal is at the first voltage of the highlevel. The second analog-to-digital conversion unit 116 may convert theidentification voltage signal into a digital signal, and transmit thedigital signal to the voltage control unit 17 by using the first outputunit 115. In this case, the voltage control unit 17 may output a secondcontrol signal in the first voltage state to the second switch unit 18according to the identification voltage signal. Under the control of thesecond control signal, the second switch unit 18 may cause the firstconnection terminal 181 to be directly electrically connected to thesecond connection terminal 182, so that the first driving voltage VDDreceived by the first connection terminal 181 is transmitted to thesecond execution unit 19 electrically connected to the second connectionterminal 182, thereby enabling the second execution unit 19 to performthe first alert operation.

When the mode signal is at the high level, it represents that currentlythe vehicle is in the automatically operated driving mode. Theprocessing unit 113 may query the storage unit 111 to obtain the statussignal, and transmit the status signal to the voltage control unit 17 byusing the first output unit 115. In this case, the voltage control unit17 may output the second control signal in the first voltage state tothe second switch unit 18 according to the status signal. Under thecontrol of the second control signal, the second switch unit 18 maycause the first connection terminal 181 to be directly electricallyconnected to the second connection terminal 182, so that the firstdriving voltage VDD received by the first connection terminal 181 istransmitted to the second execution unit 19 electrically connected tothe second connection terminal 182, thereby enabling the secondexecution unit 19 to perform the first alert operation.

Corresponding to FIG. 1, an overall connection and a working process ofthe system 100 for controlling a vehicle in the vehicle (not shown) maybe as follows.

First, for the first subsystem 101, the sensor unit 12 may bedisconnected from the first execution unit 13, and for the secondsubsystem 102, the status signal line CA may be electricallydisconnected from the second switch unit 18.

Then, the sensor unit 12 may be electrically connected to the firstswitch unit 14, and the control module 10 may be electrically connectedto the first switch unit 14 through the analog unit 15. The first switchunit 14 may be further electrically connected to the first executionunit 13.

The status signal line CA may be electrically connected to the controlmodule 10, and the control module 10 may be correspondingly electricallyconnected to the second switch unit 18.

During normal operation, according to a current working mode of thevehicle provided by the vehicle control bus, the sensor unit 12 may becorrespondingly caused to be electrically connected to the firstexecution unit 13 through the first switch unit 14, or the controlmodule 10 may be caused to be electrically connected to the firstexecution unit 13 through the analog unit 15.

In addition, according to the current working mode of the vehicleprovided by the vehicle control bus, the control module 10 may output acorresponding control signal to the second switch unit 18 according to avoltage state in the status signal line CA, to provide the first drivingvoltage VDD to the second execution unit 19 to perform an alertoperation, or output a corresponding control signal to the second switchunit 18 to stop providing the first driving voltage VDD to the secondexecution unit 19 to stop performing an alert operation.

In the automatically operated driving mode, the vehicle may encounterdifferent road conditions including passing and pedestrians duringdriving, and the system 10 for controlling a vehicle may generate analogsignals according to a plurality of pieces of sensor informationobtained in advance, to control gears and keep the vehicle driving in amost efficient range.

Compared with the conventional technique, the system 10 for controllinga vehicle in the present disclosure, when executing the automaticallyoperated driving mode, may control each function module of the vehiclewithout decoding and analyzing information protocols in an operatingsystem of the vehicle, and enable the execution unit in the vehicle toaccurately perform a driving operation, thereby simplifyingautomatically operated driving of the vehicle.

A gear shifting strategy of a conventional vehicle is shown in FIG. 4.FIG. 4 is a schematic flowchart of a conventional gear shifting strategyaccording to an embodiment of the present disclosure. The gear shiftingstrategy may include the following three levels. Assuming thatmeasurement parameters are collected, and the measurement parameters mayinclude at least a moving speed of a vehicle, an engine speed, athrottle parameter, and other parameters. In the first level, a gearshifting mode may be used to match a gear shifting characteristic curve.In some exemplary embodiments, the measurement parameters may beanalyzed and processed to obtain processed parameters. Analyzing andprocessing may include summation, filtering, averaging, weighting, andthe like. Then, the processed parameters may be used to match a gearshifting characteristic curve. In the second level, a short-timetransient response may be performed according to the measurementparameters. In the third level, manual acceleration or deceleration maybe responded to according to an engine speed limit. It can be learnedthat, both the engine speed of the vehicle and the moving speed of thevehicle matches the gear of the vehicle. In other words, if the speed ofthe vehicle decreases, the gear of the vehicle may be shifted down. Ifthe speed of the vehicle increases, the gear of the vehicle may beshifted up. The conventional gear shifting strategy may have a problemof poor control effect. For example, the vehicle may usually be at ahigh speed in a high-gear state when the vehicle is currently driving onan uphill road, resulting in a lack of power of the vehicle. Therefore,the gear of the vehicle may need to be shifted down to increase powerfor passing through the uphill road. According to the conventional gearshifting strategy, the gear of the vehicle may be shifted down onlyafter the moving speed is reduced, resulting in low control efficiency,and causing low traction provided for the vehicle.

In view of the problem of the existing gear shifting strategy, In someexemplary embodiments of the present disclosure, a gear control modulemay be added between an instruction generation module and a gearexecution module. For a connection relationship between the modules,refer to FIG. 5. FIG. 5 is a function block diagram of a vehicle 1including a system 100 for controlling a vehicle according to anembodiment of the present disclosure. As shown in FIG. 5, the gearcontrol module may be added between the instruction generation moduleand the gear execution module to separate gear control from a drivingspeed of the vehicle, so that the vehicle is in an appropriate gear,thereby improving a vehicle control effect. In some exemplaryembodiments, the instruction generation module may be the sensor unit 12shown in FIG. 1, the gear control module may be the control module 10shown in FIG. 1, and an executor may be the first execution unit 13shown in FIG. 1.

In some exemplary embodiments, the control module may obtain a targetgear parameter of the vehicle, generate an analog signal (that is, anadjusted operation instruction) according to the target gear parameter,and control the gear of the vehicle according to the analog signal, sothat the gear of the vehicle maintains in a most efficient range. Inaddition, the gear of the vehicle may be directly shifted without a needto wait for a reduction or increase in the moving speed of the vehicle,thereby improving control efficiency.

For example, it is assumed that a current moving speed of the vehicle is50 km/h. If the control module determines, according to sensor data,that the vehicle is currently on an uphill road, the sensor data may beobtained. The sensor data may include driving environment information.For example, the driving environment information may include slopeinformation. The slope information may be obtained by a video sensor oran inertial measurement unit (IMU). The slope information may include anangle, a length, and the like of the uphill. Further, the control modulemay determine a target gear of the vehicle according to the currentmoving speed of the vehicle and the slope information. For example, thetarget gear may be the first gear. In this case, the control module mayshift the gear in the operation instruction to the first gear to obtainan adjusted operation instruction, and send the operation instruction tothe gear execution module, without a need to reduce the moving speed ofthe vehicle. The gear execution module may shift the gear of the vehicledown to the first gear. In this way, the vehicle passes through theuphill in a low gear at a high moving speed. Therefore, the traction forenabling the vehicle to pass through the uphill can be increased, andthe vehicle can pass through the uphill more quickly.

For another example, it is assumed that a current moving speed of thevehicle is 10 km/h. If the control module determines, according tosensor data, that the vehicle is currently at a turning point of a road,the sensor data may be obtained. The sensor data may include drivingenvironment information. For example, the driving environmentinformation may include turning information of the turning point. Theturning information may be obtained by a video sensor or obtained by anIMU. The turning information may include a turning angle, length, andthe like of the turning point. Further, the control module may determinea target gear of the vehicle according to the current moving speed ofthe vehicle and the turning information. For example, the target gearmay be the third gear. In this case, the control module may shift thegear in the operation instruction to the third gear, to obtain anadjusted operation instruction, sends the operation instruction to thegear execution module, without a need to increase the moving speed ofthe vehicle. The gear execution module may shift the gear of the vehicleup to the third gear. In this way, the vehicle may pass through theturning point in a high gear at a low moving speed. Therefore, the fuelconsumption of the vehicle can be reduced, and energy efficiency ishigher.

In an embodiment, to support execution of the system 10 for controllinga vehicle, the first execution unit 13 may include a gearbox. FIG. 5 isa schematic structural diagram of a gearbox according to an embodimentof the present disclosure. The gearbox may be implemented by a planetarygear. A central axis of the planetary gear may be a sun gear, surroundedby planetary gears. To hold the planetary gears that rotate around thesun gear, one side of a planet carrier functions as a support to carrythe planetary gears, and the other side of the planet carrier performscoaxial power transmission. The outermost ring of the planetary gear maybe a ring gear. To improve power transmission capability, some planetarygear sets may be transformed into two sets of pinions to transmit powerto each other. One set may be in contact with the sun gear, and theother set may be in contact with the ring gear. This is referred to as adouble-pinion planetary gear set.

Further, FIG. 6 is a schematic structural diagram of a connectionbetween an oil pump and a hydraulic coupler in a first execution unit 13according to an embodiment of the present disclosure. Components may beshown from left to right in FIG. 6 as follows. On the far left may bethe hydraulic coupler connected to an engine. Right next to thehydraulic coupler is the oil pump, and then power may be transmitted toa first planetary gear set (that is, the gearbox). As previouslymentioned, the gearbox may include a sun gear S1, a planetary gear P1, aplanet carrier PT1, and a ring gear H1. On the right side of the gearboxmay be a compound planetary gear set. The two planetary gear sets mayshare a ring gear H2, but respectively have two planetary gears P2/P3, aplanet carriers PT2, and a sun gear S2/S3. Brake B1/B2 composed of aplurality of different clutches and clutch K1/K2/K3 may be combined toobtain six forward gears/one reverse gear.

It may be understood that, the foregoing disclosure is merely preferredembodiments of the present disclosure, and should definitely not be usedto limit the scope of rights of the present disclosure. A person ofordinary skill in the art may understand that all or some procedures forimplementing the foregoing embodiments, and equivalent changes madeaccording to the claims of the present disclosure shall still fallwithin the protection scope of the present disclosure.

What is claimed is:
 1. A system for vehicle control, comprising: acontrol module configured to electrically connect to a control bus of avehicle, the control module including: one or more storage media storingone or more sets of instructions for controlling a vehicle; and one ormore processors, during operation, to execute the one or more sets ofinstructions to: receive a bus signal from the control bus, query a typeof a control signal according to the bus signal, and convert-to-analog acontrol output signal for the vehicle according to a result of the queryto control a driving state of the vehicle.
 2. The system according toclaim 1, wherein to convert-to-analog the control output signal for thevehicle according to the result of the query to control the drivingstate of the vehicle, the one or more processors further execute the oneor more sets of instructions during operation to: generate an analogsignal as the output signal according to the result of the query, andoutput the analog signal to an execution unit to control the drivingstate of the vehicle.
 3. The system according to claim 2, wherein theanalog signal has a same waveform, voltage amplitude, and frequency asthe control signal.
 4. The system according to claim 3, wherein thecontrol signal includes at least one of a transmitted vehicle sensorsignal or a vehicle status signal.
 5. The system according to claim 1,wherein during operation, the one or more processor further executes theone or more sets of instructions to: receive a mode signal from thecontrol bus, wherein the mode signal representing whether the vehicle isin a manually operated driving mode or in an automatically operateddriving mode, and the control bus includes at least one of a statussignal bus electrically connected to a vehicle alert module or a sensorbus electrically connected to a sensor unit.
 6. The system according toclaim 5, wherein the control module prestores a plurality of controlsignals representing that the vehicle is in different driving states. 7.The system according to claim 6, wherein the sensor unit includes afirst sensor configured to sense one of driving states of the vehicleand output a first sensing signal, the one or more processors furtherinclude an analog control processor configured to generate, according tothe first sensing signal, a first analog signal that has a same changingcurve as the first sensing signal, and the execution unit includes afirst execution unit, and the control module selectively transmits thefirst sensing signal or the first analog signal to the first executionunit, to control the first execution unit to perform a first drivingoperation for the vehicle.
 8. The system according to claim 7, whereinduring operation, the analog control processor further executes the oneor more sets of instructions to: determine that the vehicle is in themanually operated driving mode, and control the first sensor toelectrically connect to the execution unit to make the execution unit,according to the first sensing signal, control the vehicle to be in themanually operated driving mode, and determine that the vehicle is in theautomatically operated driving mode, and control the first analog signalto be transmitted to the execution unit to make the execution unit,according to the first analog signal, control the vehicle to be in theautomatically operated driving mode.
 9. The system according to claim 7,wherein the first sensing signal and the first analog signal are twodifferential signals, the first sensing signal includes a first sensingdifferential signal and a second sensing differential signal, and asecond voltage range of the second sensing differential signal isgreater than and includes a first voltage range of the first sensingdifferential signal, and the first analog signal includes a first analogdifferential signal and a second analog differential signal, the firstanalog differential signal has a same changing curve as the firstsensing differential signal, and the second analog differential signalhas a same changing curve as the second sensing differential signal. 10.The system according to claim 9, further comprising: an analog unit,wherein the analog control processor further includes a storage unit, aprocessing unit, and a signal generation unit, the signal generationunit is electrically connected to the storage unit and the signalgeneration unit, and the signal generation unit is electricallyconnected to the analog unit, the storage unit prestores a plurality offirst sensing signals, the processing unit obtains a first sensingsignal during the query from the storage unit according to the bussignal, and the signal generation unit outputs a reference signalaccording to the first sensing signal, and the analog unit generates thefirst analog signal according to the reference signal.
 11. The systemaccording to claim 10, wherein the signal generation unit is a pulsewidth modulation circuit, and the reference signal is a pulse widthmodulation signal output by the pulse width modulation circuit.
 12. Thesystem according to claim 11, wherein the analog unit includes anoperational amplifier and an addition operator, the operationalamplifier is electrically connected to the signal generation unit, andthe addition operator is electrically connected to the operationalamplifier, the operational amplifier receives the pulse width modulationsignal, performs operational amplification on the pulse width modulationsignal to converts the pulse width modulation signal into an analogvoltage signal having the first voltage range, and transmit the analogvoltage signal to a first switch unit as the first analog differentialsignal, and the addition operator performs an addition operation on thefirst analog differential signal to obtain another analog voltage signalhaving the second voltage range as the second analog differentialsignal.
 13. The system according to claim 12, wherein the analog unitfurther includes a voltage follower, electrically connected to thesignal generation unit and the operational amplifier, to perform voltagefollowing on the pulse width modulation signal before the operationalamplification is performed on the pulse width modulation signal, so asto isolate the operational amplifier from interference.
 14. The systemaccording to claim 10, further comprising: a first switch unit,electrically connected to the analog unit, the sensor unit, a firstexecution unit, and the processing unit, wherein the processing unitoutputs a selection signal to the first switch unit according to the bussignal, to control the first switch unit, according to a mode of thevehicle corresponding to the selection signal, to electrically connectthe sensor unit to the first execution unit, or electrically connect theanalog unit to the first execution unit.
 15. The system according toclaim 14, wherein the first switch unit is a double-pole double-throwrelay including two normally closed input contacts, electricallyconnected to the first sensor to receive the first sensing differentialsignal and the second sensing differential signal, two normally openinput contacts, electrically connected to the analog control unit toreceive the first analog differential signal and the second analogdifferential signal, and two output terminals, being controlled by theselection signal to electrically connect to the first execution unit, toselectively provide the first sensing signal or the first analog signalto the first execution unit.
 16. The system according to claim 15,wherein during operation, the analog control processor further executesthe one or more sets of instructions to: determine that the selectionsignal represents that the vehicle is in the manually operated drivingmode, and control the two normally closed input contacts to electricallyconnect to the two output terminals, to provide the first sensing signalto the first execution unit, and determine that the selection signalrepresents that the vehicle is in the automatically operated drivingmode, and control the two normally open input contacts to electricallyconnect to the two output terminals, to provide the first analog signalto the first execution unit.
 17. The system according to claim 14,wherein the first switch unit is a multiway digital switch, including atleast two groups of input ports and at least one group of output ports,the at least two groups of input port are not simultaneouslyelectrically connected to the at least one group of output ports, eachgroup of input ports includes two input ports, and each group of outputports includes two output ports, two input ports in one group of inputports are electrically connected to the first sensor, to receive thefirst sensing differential signal and the second sensing differentialsignal, two input ports in another group of input ports are electricallyconnected to the analog control unit, to receive the first analogdifferential signal and the second analog differential signal, andduring operation, the analog control processor further executes the oneor more sets of instructions to control the two input ports to connectto the first execution unit, to selectively provide the first sensingsignal or the first analog signal to the first execution unit.
 18. Thesystem according to claim 17, wherein during operation, the analogcontrol processor further executes the one or more sets of instructionsto: determine that the selection signal represents that the vehicle isin the manually operated driving mode, and control one group of inputports to electrically connect to the at least one group of output ports,to provide the first sensing signal to the first execution unit, anddetermine that the selection signal represents that the vehicle is inthe automatically operated driving mode, control another group of inputports to electrically connect to the at least one group of output ports,to provide the first analog signal to the first execution unit.
 19. Thesystem according to claim 10, wherein the analog control processorincludes a first mode conversion unit electrically connected to the twonormally open input contacts and the processing unit, the first modeconversion unit is configured to receive the first analog differentialsignal and the second analog differential signal and performanalog-to-digital conversion to convert the first analog differentialsignal and the second analog differential signal into digital signals,and the processing unit is configured to adjust the pulse widthmodulation signal according to the digital signals, so that each of thefirst analog differential signal and the second analog differentialsignal is within a preset range.
 20. The system according to claim 19,wherein the first analog-to-digital conversion unit is furtherelectrically connected to the first sensor, to receive the first sensingdifferential signal and the second sensing differential signal andperform analog-to-digital conversion on the first sensing differentialsignal and the second sensing differential signal, and the processingunit is configured to determine a state of a first driving moduleaccording to the first sensing differential signal and the secondsensing differential signal on which the analog-to-digital conversionprocessing has been performed, and during operation, the analog controlprocessor further executes the one or more sets of instructions toperforms an operation in the automatically operated driving mode orexits the automatically operated driving mode according to the state ofthe first driving module.